Atlanta Falcan'ts were paid $1 million to 'honor' the military

[tiger7_88]

And you do know, that any NFL owner is sitting on tons of money, so putting some out a measly 1 million (over three years) to our troops is really no big deal (and a tax write off)...right?

 

Just checking.

 

 

You seem to be confused and maybe its because I unintentionally made the original subject line confusing (now fixed by a mod).

 

The government PAID the Falcon's to 'honor' the military, not the other way around.  There's no 'tax writeoff' when you are the one RECEIVING the money.

 

The Panthers and BofA have honored the military before and I don't see their name on that list.  Maybe because they didn't think they needed to have that sweet, sweet government money in order to HONOR military members like the Falcan't seem to need.

[Cary Kollins]

Anyway, I'm glad all this is coming to light and maybe the billionaire owners will donate this money to homeless vets or some similar program.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

Arty Blank is a greasy weasel, I swear.

 

Thank goodness for JR.

 

lol JR regularly extorts money from taxpayers

[Jangler]

Anyway, I'm glad all this is coming to light and maybe the billionaire owners will donate this money to homeless vets or some similar program.

I don't know for sure, but with owning Home Depot I will go out on a limb and assume... he does (HD) donatea materials to Habitat for Humanity.

[bababoey]

And you do know, that any NFL owner is sitting on tons of money, so putting some out a measly 1 million (over three years) to our troops is really no big deal (and a tax write off)...right?

 

Just checking.

 

And you understand that the owners did not pay 1 million over a 3 year period to the military, the military paid the owners that much over a 3 year period.

 

Just checking

 

[Panthro]

Dat VA though

[Delhommey]

I wouldn't crow about this too much just cause we're not on the initial list.

[!stUp]

I think it's largely based on advertising. I've been in the Army for 20 years and there is a ton of money that is spent for the Army to advertise. They sponsor a NASCAR car. So to pay a team to honor some soldiers so people see soldiers being honored is part of a recruiting budget somewhere. I'm not surprised. I'm surprised that all 32 teams aren't on the list though.

But I could be wrong and it could be shady. I don't know.

 

Thanks Moorgan. (Me- 12 years, Dustoff)

[tiger7_88]

I wouldn't crow about this too much just cause we're not on the initial list.

 

 

Thanks just the same, but I think I'll crow about it for now.

 

Feel free to follow your own conscience though on this incredibly important matter.

[beckersteen]

Some of you are misunderstanding this. The NFL teams wouldn't honor the military unless the TEAM was paid money. They could have done the honorable thing and did it for free... like most teams. Sad to see Green Bay on the list they are usually pretty classy.

[bababoey]

I wonder why the military does it this way.  Instead of just paying the NFL and then organize with each team when to show up to games at their stadium.  That way the NFL could distribute the money evenly like they do the TV revenue.  Seems much easier and less of a headache then trying to organize with 32 different teams which ones to pay and which ones they don't need to pay. 

 

Plus it would not make some organizations and owners look like such dicks.

[pantherclaw]

"You said you were high class, but rhat was just a lie"

[GRWatcher]

CAR Panthers News ‏@CarPanthersNews  11h11 hours ago

From 2011 to 2014, the Department of Defense paid $5.4M to NFL teams for salutes to the military & other advertising: http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/05/which_nfl_teams_are_getting_your_federal_tax_dolla.html …

Of the 5.4M, the Falcons took in $1,049,500 (19.4%). The Panthers do military appreciation salutes every game, but didn't accept any money.

[Moorgan]

I wonder why the military does it this way. Instead of just paying the NFL and then organize with each team when to show up to games at their stadium. That way the NFL could distribute the money evenly like they do the TV revenue. Seems much easier and less of a headache then trying to organize with 32 different teams which ones to pay and which ones they don't need to pay.

Plus it would not make some organizations and owners look like such dicks.

I would guess that it largely has to do with recruiting numbers. Specifically, some markets are better than others and the Army chose to pay some teams over having a distributed effect.